NEW YORK - Daily fantasy sports giants DraftKings and FanDuel took a hit Friday in their fight to stay in business in New York, but a scramble to an appeals court kept DraftKings in play at least through the end of the NFL regular season.

FanDuel, meanwhile, had already suspended play from New York amid the sites' clash with state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over whether daily fantasy sports amounts to illegal gambling.

Friday morning, Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez temporarily barred both sites from taking play from one of their biggest customer bases, until "a final determination" of the court dispute.

But DraftKings and FanDuel quickly appealed. By Friday afternoon, a Supreme Court Appellate Division judge said the companies could continue operating into January, until a full panel of judges decides whether the companies can keep going while the appeals process unfolds.

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